82 FR 25809 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, CA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 106 (June 5, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 106 (June 5, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-11540 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 25809-25810] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11540] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23294; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, CA AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Mid-Pacific Regional Office, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, at the address in this notice by July 5, 2017. ADDRESSES: Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation, MP-153, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 978-5526, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from lands managed by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, in Modoc County, CA. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary objects was made by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Klamath Tribes. The Klamath Tribes represent Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Band of Snake Peoples. History and Description of the Remains In 1945, human remains representing, at minimum two individuals were removed from the Tule Lake Internment Camp site (CA-MOD-NL4) in Modoc County, CA, by Marvin Kaufmann Opler and donated to the University of California, Berkeley. Opler was an anthropologist, social psychologist, and community analyst who arrived at Tule Lake Internment Camp in May 1943. The human remains were found during the excavation of an irrigation ditch at the camp. No further details about the excavation or the archeological context of the human remains was recorded. The human remains were curated at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, became aware of these human remains on August 27, 2015, when an inquiry was made by the Klamath Tribes to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional [[Page 25810]] Office, regarding human remains and one funerary object from site CA- MOD-NL4. The human remains were confirmed to be under Reclamation, Mid- Pacific Regional Office, control on November 30, 2015, and the Phoebe Hearst Museum transferred the human remains and funerary objects to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, on December 22, 2015. The human remains consist of one nearly complete adult female, approximately 30-40 years old and a few ribs and thoracic vertebra of one adult, age and sex indeterminate. No known individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are one bone tube and one bag of associated soil. In consultation with the Klamath Tribes, Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, determined a close affiliation with the Modoc, a Native American tribe who resided in northeast California and southeast Oregon during, and prior to, Euro-American contact. There is nothing temporally diagnostic available to directly indicate the antiquity of this collection. The Tule Lake Internment Center is located in the ancestral homelands of the Modoc Indians. Modoc territory extended across both sides of what is now the California-Oregon border immediately east of the Cascades. North and west of Modoc territory was the territory of the Klamath, who spoke a dialect of the same language. The western shore of Goose Lake was shared by the Modoc and the Yahooskin Paiute whose territory was to the east. The Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin band of Snake (Northern Paiute) Indians ceded lands in south-central Oregon to the United States under terms of the Klamath Treaty of 1864. By the terms of the treaty, all three Indian groups, who are now collectively known as the Klamath Tribes, retained a considerable portion of the Klamath homeland as a reservation. The amount of wear on the dentition and the association of a bone tube indicates that the human remains are Native American. The associated bone tube was identified through consultation as part of a Modoc bone whistle. The Klamath Tribes presented an ancient Modoc bone whistle of the same form and construction as CA-MOD-NL4 bone tube. On June 30, 1924, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Snake Island, Tule Lake site (CA-MOD- NL2) in Modoc County, CA, by Mr. Paul Fair of the U.S. Forest Service. Mr. Fair donated the items to the University of California, Berkeley, where they were curated by the Phoebe Hearst Museum. The one associated funerary object is ``some bits of cordage.'' On December 8, 2015, the Klamath Tribes inquired about the human remains and associated funerary object from site CA-MOD-NL2. At that time, the human remains, consisting of a skull, had been misplaced by the museum and had not appeared on their annual inventory since the 1980s. The absence of the human remains prevented the identification of the human remains as Native American. On December 11, 2015, the associated funerary object was confirmed to be under the control of the Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office. The Phoebe Hearst Museum transferred it to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, on March 28, 2016. Snake Island is located on the Bureau of Reclamation-withdrawn lands that were under control of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, in 1924. During consultation with the Klamath Tribes, Snake Island was identified to be the center of the Modoc world in a place referred to in their creation narrative. The Klamath Tribes provided examples of creation stories that identify Snake Island as an extraordinarily sacred location for Klamath and Modoc peoples. The first stitch of the matting/cordage was recognized by the Klamath Tribes as unique to the Modoc. During consultation, the Klamath Tribes provided several examples of Modoc woven items that were made using the same technique. This weaving technique is described in numerous ethnographies. Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office Officials of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma. Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation, MP- 153, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 978-5526, email [email protected], by July 5, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid- Pacific Regional Office, is responsible for notifying the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma that this notice has been published. Dated: April 21, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-11540 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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not grant, convey, transfer, or renounce If the BLM determines the State’s ADDRESSES: Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA
any title or interest in the lands, nor evidence is sufficient to find a favorable Specialist/Physical Anthropologist,
does it release any tax, judgment, or determination and neither the records Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of
lien. This Notice of Application is nor a valid objection disclose a reason Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage
intended to inform the public of the not to disclaim, then the BLM may Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone
pending application and the State’s decide to approve the application. (916) 978–5526, email emryan@
supporting evidence. Authority: 43 CFR 1864.3. usbr.gov.
A final decision on the merits of the
State’s application will not be made Erika L. Reed, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
before September 5, 2017. During the here given in accordance with the
Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and
90-day period, interested parties may Cadastral.
Native American Graves Protection and
comment on the State’s application, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
[FR Doc. 2017–11531 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am]
AA–086373, and supporting evidence. 3003, of the completion of an inventory
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This supporting evidence from the State of human remains and associated
includes three navigability reports funerary objects under the control of the
prepared by the BLM on May 6, 1980; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
November 8, 1984; and July 8, 1985. The of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
State’s application also included an National Park Service Office, Sacramento, CA. The human
extract of the ‘‘Regional Report’’ for the remains and associated funerary objects
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23294; were removed from lands managed by
Kuskokwim River Region prepared by PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
the BLM in 1985. In addition, the Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
application contained three maps based Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Office, in Modoc County, CA.
upon the USGS 1:63,360 topographic Department of the Interior, Bureau of This notice is published as part of the
maps with water body data extracted Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional National Park Service’s administrative
from the USGS National Hydrography Office, Sacramento, CA responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
Dataset—2004, detailing the river from U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
its mouth to its source. AGENCY: National Park Service, this notice are the sole responsibility of
On August 25, 1982, the BLM Department of the Interior. the museum, institution, or Federal
determined the George River is ACTION: Notice. agency that has control of the Native
navigable through Georgetown Native American human remains and
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the associated funerary objects. The
Corporation’s selected lands, situated
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation National Park Service is not responsible
along the lower 22 miles of the river.
(Reclamation), Mid-Pacific Regional for the determinations in this notice.
BLM extended its navigability
Office, has completed an inventory of
determination an additional 19 miles Consultation
human remains and associated funerary
upriver to Julian Creek on November 8,
1984. Subsequent navigability opinions objects, in consultation with the A detailed assessment of the human
in 1985, 1988, and 2004 affirmed that appropriate Indian tribes or Native remains and associated funerary objects
the lower 41 miles of the river are Hawaiian organizations, and has was made by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
navigable up to Julian Creek. determined that there is a cultural Regional Office, professional staff in
Interested parties may also comment affiliation between the human remains consultation with representatives of the
during this time on the BLM’s Draft and associated funerary objects and Klamath Tribes. The Klamath Tribes
Summary Report for the State’s present-day Indian tribes or Native represent Klamath, Modoc, and
Application for a Recordable Disclaimer Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Yahooskin Band of Snake Peoples.
of Interest, which is available on the RDI descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian History and Description of the Remains
Web site (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT). organization not identified in this notice In 1945, human remains representing,
Copies of the State application, that wish to request transfer of control at minimum two individuals were
supporting evidence, the BLM Draft of these human remains and associated removed from the Tule Lake Internment
Summary Report, and comments, funerary objects should submit a written Camp site (CA–MOD–NL4) in Modoc
including names and street addresses of request to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific County, CA, by Marvin Kaufmann Opler
commenters, will be available in the Regional Office. If no additional and donated to the University of
case file for public review at the BLM requestors come forward, transfer of California, Berkeley. Opler was an
Alaska State Office, Public Room, 222 control of the human remains and anthropologist, social psychologist, and
West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK associated funerary objects to the lineal community analyst who arrived at Tule
99513, during regular business hours descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Lake Internment Camp in May 1943.
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday Hawaiian organizations stated in this The human remains were found during
through Friday, except holidays. Before notice may proceed. the excavation of an irrigation ditch at
including your address, phone number, DATES: Lineal descendants or the camp. No further details about the
email address, or other personal representatives of any Indian tribe or excavation or the archeological context
identifying information in your Native Hawaiian organization not of the human remains was recorded.
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
comment, you should be aware that identified in this notice that wish to The human remains were curated at the
your entire comment request transfer of control of these Phoebe Hearst Museum of
—including your personal identifying human remains and associated funerary Anthropology, University of California,
information—may be made publicly objects should submit a written request Berkeley, CA.
available at any time. While you can ask with information in support of the Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
the BLM in your comment to withhold request to the U.S. Department of the Office, became aware of these human
your personal identifying information Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid- remains on August 27, 2015, when an
from public review, we cannot Pacific Regional Office, at the address in inquiry was made by the Klamath Tribes
guarantee that we will be able to do so. this notice by July 5, 2017. to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
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Office, regarding human remains and The one associated funerary object is Additional Requestors and Disposition
one funerary object from site CA–MOD– ‘‘some bits of cordage.’’ Lineal descendants or representatives
NL4. The human remains were On December 8, 2015, the Klamath of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
confirmed to be under Reclamation, Tribes inquired about the human organization not identified in this notice
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, control on remains and associated funerary object that wish to request transfer of control
November 30, 2015, and the Phoebe from site CA–MOD–NL2. At that time, of these human remains and associated
Hearst Museum transferred the human the human remains, consisting of a funerary objects should submit a written
remains and funerary objects to skull, had been misplaced by the request with information in support of
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional the request to Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA
museum and had not appeared on their
Office, on December 22, 2015. Specialist/Physical Anthropologist,
The human remains consist of one annual inventory since the 1980s. The
absence of the human remains Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of
nearly complete adult female,
prevented the identification of the Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage
approximately 30–40 years old and a
human remains as Native American. On Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone
few ribs and thoracic vertebra of one
December 11, 2015, the associated (916) 978–5526, email emryan@
adult, age and sex indeterminate. No
funerary object was confirmed to be usbr.gov, by July 5, 2017. After that date,
known individuals were identified. The
under the control of the Reclamation, if no additional requestors have come
two associated funerary objects are one
bone tube and one bag of associated soil. Mid-Pacific Regional Office. The Phoebe forward, transfer of control of the
In consultation with the Klamath Hearst Museum transferred it to human remains and associated funerary
Tribes, Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional objects to the Klamath Tribes and The
Regional Office, determined a close Office, on March 28, 2016. Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
affiliation with the Modoc, a Native The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Snake Island is located on the Bureau Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
American tribe who resided in northeast of Reclamation-withdrawn lands that
California and southeast Oregon during, Regional Office, is responsible for
were under control of Reclamation, notifying the Klamath Tribes and The
and prior to, Euro-American contact. Mid-Pacific Regional Office, in 1924.
There is nothing temporally diagnostic Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma that this
During consultation with the Klamath notice has been published.
available to directly indicate the Tribes, Snake Island was identified to be
antiquity of this collection. The Tule the center of the Modoc world in a place Dated: April 21, 2017.
Lake Internment Center is located in the referred to in their creation narrative. Melanie O’Brien,
ancestral homelands of the Modoc The Klamath Tribes provided examples Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Indians. Modoc territory extended of creation stories that identify Snake [FR Doc. 2017–11540 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am]
across both sides of what is now the Island as an extraordinarily sacred BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
California-Oregon border immediately location for Klamath and Modoc
east of the Cascades. North and west of peoples. The first stitch of the matting/
Modoc territory was the territory of the cordage was recognized by the Klamath INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND
Klamath, who spoke a dialect of the Tribes as unique to the Modoc. During
same language. The western shore of WATER COMMISSION
consultation, the Klamath Tribes
Goose Lake was shared by the Modoc provided several examples of Modoc United States and Mexico; United
and the Yahooskin Paiute whose States Section; Notice of Availability of
woven items that were made using the
territory was to the east. The Klamath, a Draft Supplemental Environmental
same technique. This weaving
Modoc, and Yahooskin band of Snake Assessment: Flood Control
technique is described in numerous
(Northern Paiute) Indians ceded lands Improvements to the Rio Grande
ethnographies.
in south-central Oregon to the United Canalization Project From Vinton to
States under terms of the Klamath Determinations Made by the U.S. Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas
Treaty of 1864. By the terms of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of (Canutillo Phase II)
treaty, all three Indian groups, who are Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
now collectively known as the Klamath Office AGENCY: United States Section,
Tribes, retained a considerable portion International Boundary and Water
of the Klamath homeland as a Officials of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Commission, United States and Mexico
reservation. Regional Office, have determined that: (USIBWC).
The amount of wear on the dentition • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
and the association of a bone tube human remains described in this notice Draft Supplemental Environmental
indicates that the human remains are represent the physical remains of two Assessment (SEA).
Native American. The associated bone individuals of Native American
tube was identified through ancestry. SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
consultation as part of a Modoc bone of the National Environmental Policy
whistle. The Klamath Tribes presented • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Act of 1969; the Council on
an ancient Modoc bone whistle of the the three objects described in this notice Environmental Quality Final
same form and construction as CA– are reasonably believed to have been Regulations; and the United States
MOD–NL4 bone tube. placed with or near individual human Section, Operational Procedures for
remains at the time of death or later as
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
On June 30, 1924, human remains Implementing Section 102 of NEPA,
representing, at minimum, one part of the death rite or ceremony. published in the Federal Register
individual were removed from the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the
Snake Island, Tule Lake site (CA–MOD– is a relationship of shared group United States Section hereby gives
NL2) in Modoc County, CA, by Mr. Paul identity that can be reasonably traced notice that the Draft Supplemental
Fair of the U.S. Forest Service. Mr. Fair between the Native American human Environmental Assessment and
donated the items to the University of remains and associated funerary objects Mitigated Finding of No Significant
California, Berkeley, where they were and the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Impact for Flood Control Improvements
curated by the Phoebe Hearst Museum. Tribe of Oklahoma. to the Rio Grande Canalization Project
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